{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-7-43","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 53-7-43","heading":"Compelling heirs or beneficiaries to contribute to payment of debt.","body":"If the estate shall have been distributed to the heirs or beneficiaries without notice of an existing debt, a creditor may compel them to contribute pro rata to the payment of the debt.","path":["TITLE 53 Wills, Trusts, and Administration of Estates","CHAPTER 7 Administration of Estates Generally","Article 4 Claims Against or In Favor of Estate"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.53.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:58Z","sha256":"b5c6f570e5a30ded684f49361c1969569be9832260c91d6ba7b8963692842ea7","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-7-42","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-7-44"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}